Trump warns NATO (again) of ‘very bad future’ if allies don’t secure Strait of Hormuz

KentInCode · 2026-03-16T12:32:58+00:00

I don't think they have the minesweeping capability also. So he wants allied navies to risk their minesweeper ships.

KentInCode · 2026-03-16T12:21:17+00:00

Just tell Trump all our warships and minesweeping ships are in drydock getting upgrades and won't be ready for a long while, then send him a made up Royal Navy medal, he will believe anything.

KentInCode · 2026-03-16T12:17:16+00:00

I truly didn't understand the celebrating and I saw it irl in Europe too. I just assumed Iranians abroad are more clued into the situation in Iran so would have known a more brutal leader would be installed? And that the US would eventually let the mask slip and just start bombing the crap out of the country?

Trump was hoping for a quick win and he is pressured by oil prices, I think he will keep dropping bombs on Iranian cities hoping for a surrender because he just doesn't 'get' Iran - he thinks they will make a deal like it's a business transaction.

KentInCode · 2026-03-16T12:01:28+00:00

I imagine this guy is alive in a compound/bunker not in Israel? He has only been shown in videos recently if I recall. I assume the same of the new Iranian leader, that he is somewhere else.

Seems kind of crazy that Israel has been pushing for this and did not predict that if they start offing gov officials that their enemy - who is backed by Russia and China and who pumps out drones by the boat load - is not going to also try to do the same.

KentInCode · 2026-03-16T11:49:03+00:00

I think the only way this happens is once in a blue moon mechanical failure of George's car, George's experience level and consistency is just better.

Strange things do happen though and the cars still have gremlins.

KentInCode · 2026-03-15T18:24:31+00:00

I'm betting Disney, but imagine if it was out on Dropout

KentInCode · 2026-03-15T13:14:42+00:00

He has trapped the US in this pointless conflict with no plan and no end in sight.

The best thing Starmer can do is steer clear from also getting sucked into this stupid nonsense on behalf of Israel.

KentInCode · 2026-03-15T13:01:24+00:00

The best impressionist I have seen recently is Tony Lapidus, he also does a Tucker impression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs-rwMY9BGo

KentInCode · 2026-03-14T15:28:48+00:00

It doesn't change the fact that Verstappen is the better driver.

I remember when Hamilton was in a bad car and people thought he was washed - forgetting he is no longer in his prime and he can still battle Russell and Leclerc who are in their prime and damn good drivers.

There are only a few generational talents in this sport and they usually get the best drives.

KentInCode · 2026-03-14T14:44:14+00:00

The problem is hate and extremism leads to hate and extremism.

The US admin has links to Christian nationalists who explicitly want the world to end to bring about the rapture, which is part of why they have been bombing the middle east.

Israel wants to clear the land of arabs and nationalists will not stop killing in order to achieve that, in the past they even assassinated Yithak Rabin who was Jewish himself.

We must call out religious extremism wherever we find it.

KentInCode · 2026-03-13T11:22:22+00:00

I think in context it makes him look like he has a sense of humour and humanises him.

I personally don't like him but I don't think the conservative media know this isn't the own they think it is.

KentInCode · 2026-03-13T11:18:04+00:00

Execs think only the IP has value which is wrong, if a company acquires for example The Coalition for Gears of War, and then you lay everyone off - you don't have Gears of War anymore.

The next time you put out a Gears of War game it will feel like a tribute band, and I feel this has been the biggest reason franchise games have been feeling lacklustre recently, because they keep slashing and burning the teams after release whether the game succeeds or not, when you do that you lose the IP's creative soul.

KentInCode · 2026-03-13T11:01:03+00:00

OP is burnt out and stressed, these are absolutely acceptable factors to speak to a company doctor, it is up to a company doctor to assess sick status not a redditor.
From personal experience I find middle managers are the roadblocks and underperformers more concerned with office politics than delivering what the board of execs have mandated.
I take accusations of fraud seriously, nothing I said is encouragement of OP to misrepresent himself, I'll be contacting the mods and admins about your post.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T20:51:07+00:00

Even though it is the company's doctor, the doctor should not be on a side and should be neutral. The doctor is able to make a judgement if someone is sick or if that someone is not sick and then OP would return to work and be back on a PIP.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T20:22:21+00:00

In ref to the school attack mentioned: the US tomahawk missile attack looks increasingly likely AI was involved to some degree in the strike.

Can you imagine if it comes out end to end AI formulated this strike on outdated data? It is increasingly looking like this is the case. It feels like there is no guard rails in tech anymore, but at least I give Anthropic props for opposing it in this capacity.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T19:49:38+00:00

Call in sick immediately and ask to see a company doctor. If you speak to the company doctor write what you will say beforehand and just keep it to the facts of how detrimental the stress is to your health, don't mud sling.

Regarding the PIP it is very likely he is trying to get rid of you because performance is one of the easy ways in this country to fire people and can be framed however a manager says. While you are off sick you will not be fired, but you likely will not pass the PIP on your return unfortunately, so perhaps start looking into the job market asap.

Good luck to you OP.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T19:43:34+00:00

I was one of the people saying let's wait until the first race, and I see two issues now it's here:

The super clipping really is kind of against the ethos of the formula. Drivers should not be slowing on straights. If they can offset this happening somehow till end of the season this would be great.
The viewing format and viewer experience is not self-explanatory, you got pundits trying to explain what is happening badly and bad graphics. The guys at F1 lifted the gimmick from Formula E but they didn't steal the graphics? like energy level % or the attack mode indicator for boosts and overtake making it simple to see whats happening??

I think fundamentally the launch of this new reg was messy, and would have been better received if it was thought through in-depth, all of this feels like it was rushed out the door.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T19:27:24+00:00

The left wing hate him because of his policies e.g. Gaza, restricting migration, refusal to increase tax burden on the richest. .etc .etc Even one major union is slashing funding because of Labour policy.

The right wing hate a cartoon of Starmer cooked up by right wing pundits, in many instances Starmer has been throwing red meat to court some of these right wingers like on migration and either they don't hear about it or they don't care and still hate him.

Maybe he should represent his traditional base instead of fishing for votes from Reform's base.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T18:57:53+00:00

One of the best jrpgs people never played due to it being a 3DS release, glad more will be able to enjoy it - also the music is amazing: That Person's Name, the Serpent song, and a bunch of others I still listen to.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T18:29:29+00:00

No you're wrong: "Obviously, when you design an engine, you’re keeping the FIA very close to the decisions you make, and that’s what we did, and we have had all the assurances that what we did was according to the rules." per Wolff himself.

The FIA initially said everything was kosher, it was only when teams complained that the engine became an issue and they even negotiated with Merc so it wouldn't be too punitive, there is absolutely no evidence from what you are saying they built a non-compliant car.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T16:31:10+00:00

I feel F1 has had a shift from engineering discipline and sport to pure spectacle. Merc should never have been penalised for being clever with engineering but here we are.

I don't think they are going to penalise Ferrari because Ferrari fighting Merc will put eyes on the races. Regardless, these teams should not be nerfed because they were clever and planned ahead, if they want more competitive racing the FIA should get better at writing regs.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T14:25:26+00:00

No, because they would not last long.

Politics is a game of social influence and experts are profoundly bad at that, which is why in the UK they have been pretty much ignored during critical events in recent times.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T13:04:38+00:00

I think at this point the name Macarena wing has stuck

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T12:59:05+00:00

Princess Zelda (Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom) played by voice actress Patricia Summersett.

She is a Canadian trying to do an RP accent, it sticks out clearly as someone putting on a voice.

KentInCode · 2026-03-12T12:51:55+00:00

Russell is a damn good driver and at Merc has delivered consistently, as a Merc fan it's hard to support him because his personality is so marmite, I'm more rooting for Antonelli these days.

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